What's My Line?: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

What's My Line? is a panel game show which originally ran in the United States on the CBS Television Network from 1950 to 1967, with several international versions and subsequent U.S. revivals.

The game tasks celebrity panelists with questioning contestants in order to determine their occupations. It is the longest-running U.S. primetime network television game-show.

Series details

• Title: What's My Line?
• Format: Panel Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1950-02-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 1967-09-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 9612
• IMDb ID: tt0042168
• TVDB ID: 77132

Cast and credited roles

• Steve Allen — Panelist
• Dorothy Kilgallen — Panelist
• Bennett Cerf — Panelist
• Arlene Francis — Panelist
• John Daly — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1950-02-02; final listed air date 1950-08-30.
• Season 2: premiered 1950-09-13; final listed air date 1951-08-26.
• Season 3: premiered 1951-09-02; final listed air date 1952-08-31.
• Season 4: premiered 1952-09-07; final listed air date 1953-08-30.
• Season 5: premiered 1953-09-06; final listed air date 1954-08-29.
• Season 6: premiered 1954-09-05; final listed air date 1955-08-28.
• Season 7: premiered 1955-09-04; final listed air date 1956-08-26.
• Season 8: premiered 1956-09-02; final listed air date 1957-08-25.
• Season 9: premiered 1957-09-01; final listed air date 1958-08-31.
• Season 10: premiered 1958-09-07; final listed air date 1959-08-30.
• Season 11: premiered 1959-09-06; final listed air date 1960-08-28.
• Season 12: premiered 1960-09-04; final listed air date 1961-08-27.
• Season 13: premiered 1961-09-03; final listed air date 1962-08-26.
• Season 14: premiered 1962-09-02; final listed air date 1963-08-25.
• Season 15: premiered 1963-09-01; final listed air date 1964-08-30.
• Season 16: premiered 1964-09-06; final listed air date 1965-08-29.
• Season 17: premiered 1965-09-05; final listed air date 1966-08-28.
• Season 18: premiered 1966-09-04; final listed air date 1967-09-03.

Source and licence

Adapted from What's My Line? on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.